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Record Nr.

UNINA9910790568303321

Autore

Zipes Jack <1937-, >

Titolo

Happily ever after : fairy tales, children, and the culture industry / / Jack Zipes

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 1997

ISBN

1-135-25303-X

0-415-91850-2

0-203-94915-3

1-135-25296-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (x, 171p. ) : ill

Disciplina

398.2

Soggetti

Fairy tales - History and criticism

Folklore and children

Fairy tales

Discourse analysis, Narrative

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [153]-162) and index.

Nota di contenuto

1. Of cats and men : framing the civilizing discourse of the fairy tale -- 2. The rationalization of abandonment and abuse in fairy tales : the case of Hansel and Gretel -- 3. Toward a theory of the fairy-tale film : the case of Pinocchio -- 4. Once upon a time beyond Disney : contemporary fairy-tale films for children -- 5. Lion kings and the culture industry -- 6. Revisiting Benjamin's "The storyteller" : reviving the past to move forward.

Sommario/riassunto

Zipes addresses his ongoing concern in the socialisation of children, the impact of the fairy tale on children and adults, and the future development of the fairy tale as film. Zipes is the author of Fairy Tales and the Art of Subversion.